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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who gets injured by the gun?
(a) Esmail.
(b) A passerby.
(c) Behrani.
(d) Lester.

2. Why hasn't Lester told Esmail the gun was empty?
(a) Spite.
(b) Anger.
(c) Fear.
(d) Revenge.

3. If the Behranis agree to leave the house, why won't Lester's problems be resolved?
(a) Because they could bring criminal charges against him.
(b) Because Kathy will disapprove of him.
(c) Because they might tell his wife and family.
(d) Because they will remember what he has done and dislike him.

4. Of whom does Kathy remind Behrani?
(a) His mother.
(b) His cousin Jasmeen.
(c) His daughter Soraya.
(d) His wife.

5. Why does Kathy think the police will come looking for her now that she has returned to the house?
(a) She pointed a gun at the gas station attendant.
(b) She purchased illegal drugs.
(c) She planned to commit arson.
(d) She was driving drunk.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Behrani instruct Esmail to do when they go into the boy's room?

2. How does Nadereh try to reassure Esmail regarding the situation with Lester while they are locked in the bathroom?

3. Why does Lester shake his head at his own increasing lack of judgment after waiting at the fish camp for Kathy for half an hour?

4. What does Behrani feel for Kathy when he finds her sleeping in the car?

5. What question does Lester's friend Doug ask him?

Short Essay Questions

1. When Nadereh told Lester that her husband was "only good," Behrani believed that she had a different meaning than a positive comment on his character. What does Behrani believe Nadereh meant?

2. Behrani says that he sometimes believes he is being punished. What does he think he is being punished for, and how is this similar to Kathy's feelings?

3. Nadereh berates Behrani while he repairs her mother's table, but he lets her insults "pass over like training jets with no ammunition." Why doesn't he respond to her tirade, and what does she finally say that causes him to enter the argument?

4. Why does Lester decide that the Behranis have harmed Kathy when he returns to the house and looks in through the window?

5. Kathy says that she only has one hope now while she's waiting for Lester to return. What does she hope?

6. Lester watches his own image in the elevator doors spread out from the middle, then disappear. How is this symbol a metaphor for his situation?

7. What is nazr?

8. When Lester describes his feelings during the drive to the county office, he says it is probably the way felons want to feel all the time. How does he say he feels?

9. As Kathy reviews events in her mind, she believes that she was willing to let Lester do anything to put off one moment. What is she so anxious to postpone?

10. Why doesn't Behrani attempt to negotiate with Lester when he breaks in and holds them at gunpoint?

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